| Table 3-8 |
| Metropolitan areas with highest percentage of workers in S&E occupations: 2007 |
| |
| |
Percentage of workforce |
|
Workers employed |
| Metropolitan area |
S&E
occupations |
STEM
occupations |
|
S&E
occupations |
STEM
occupations |
| |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
14.3 |
18.2 |
|
130,180 |
165,400 |
| Boulder, CO |
14.2 |
17.4 |
|
22,830 |
28,010 |
| Huntsville, AL |
12.8 |
16.2 |
|
25,680 |
32,630 |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division |
12.7 |
16.6 |
|
19,900 |
25,940 |
| Durham, NC |
11.1 |
15.5 |
|
29,880 |
41,560 |
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division |
11.1 |
14.1 |
|
13,100 |
16,580 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria,
DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division |
10.6 |
12.7 |
|
242,350 |
290,700 |
| Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division |
9.6 |
12.0 |
|
54,370 |
68,340 |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division |
9.3 |
11.8 |
|
131,620 |
167,060 |
| Olympia, WA |
8.7 |
10.1 |
|
8,300 |
9,700 |
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA |
8.4 |
11.2 |
|
7,300 |
9,700 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX |
8.4 |
11.0 |
|
62,270 |
82,100 |
| Ithaca, NY |
8.0 |
12.5 |
|
4,020 |
6,270 |
| Bloomington-Normal, IL |
8.0 |
10.1 |
|
6,880 |
8,680 |
| Ann Arbor, MI |
8.0 |
10.3 |
|
15,620 |
20,250 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH NECTA Division |
7.9 |
10.3 |
|
134,190 |
174,180 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL |
7.9 |
10.7 |
|
16,210 |
21,800 |
| Ames, IA |
7.8 |
10.7 |
|
3,270 |
4,480 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City,
CA Metropolitan Division |
7.6 |
9.7 |
|
75,700 |
96,170 |
| Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL |
7.2 |
8.8 |
|
5,860 |
7,200 |
| |
NECTA = New England City and Town Area; STEM = science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
NOTES: Larger metropolitan areas broken into component metropolitan divisions. Differences among employment estimates may not be statistically significant.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics Survey (2007).
Science and Engineering Indicators 2010 |
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